I know. I'm just taking about our inability to develop players of that caliber.

To be fair ..Padres have not been world beaters in Int'l market until AJP got here...and haven't had a track record of drafting position players high..since Matt Bush (by high I mean top5)..so while we may not have had such a prospect since TGwynn..KMac days..we've had Derek Lee ...and kind of got AGon early on.. (From Rangers)...and also gave up Rizzo (acquired from BoSox).. And these guys are like 1 every 5 yrs..10yrs even in the better organizations ..is not like they grow on trees.. So in a round about way we've had these types around..haven't kept all of them..but I see a lot more opportunities coming with AJP and the organization "finally" focusing on the entire System..

To be fair ..Padres have not been world beaters in Int'l market until AJP got here...and haven't had a track record of drafting position players high..since Matt Bush (by high I mean top5)..so while we may not have had such a prospect since TGwynn..KMac days..we've had Derek Lee ...and kind of got AGon early on.. (From Rangers)...and also gave up Rizzo (acquired from BoSox).. And these guys are like 1 every 5 yrs..10yrs even in the better organizations ..is not like they grow on trees.. So in a round about way we've had these types around..haven't kept all of them..but I see a lot more opportunities coming with AJP and the organization "finally" focusing on the entire System..

With all due respect... this organization has been around for almost 50 years and there can be no denying that the track record for bringing up great hitters is beyond dismal. I would also argue that Lee, Rizzo and AGon are far from once in an every 5-10 year type of talents for good organizations. The Dodgers, Yankees and Red Sox consistently bring up stud hitters to add to those they can purchase. The Braves did a rebuild like the Padres are attempting... they already had a home-grown Freeman to build on... but now have an Albies... soon to be followed by Acuna. Indians? Lindor, Ramirez and Brantley have spent all of their careers in the bigs with the Indians... The latter might not be an all-world stud but he puts up numbers about as good as Hosmer and he can swipe bags too. Sorry, I don't want to swing this conversation too far to the negative... because you were right with the fact that it is still early in this regime's attempt to rebuild thru the Intl Market and Draft. But it does seem like every other friggin team in this league is able to develop a stud hitter on a relatively consistent basis and the best organizations do it far more often than once in 5-10 years. In short, I am still trying to be patient... but if Urias and Tatis miss then I will have lost all hope.

Even though he is still K'ing a bit too much and is older than many in High-A, he has shown a ton of extra base pop (slugging .547), hitting well over .300 and stealing bags at an unreal rate... 21 steals thru 42 games? Nice. I was disappointed that Reed did not play the night I went to go watch Paddack dominate.... Has anyone else seen him play live yet? What are your impressions?

Even though he is still K'ing a bit too much and is older than many in High-A, he has shown a ton of extra base pop (slugging .547), hitting well over .300 and stealing bags at an unreal rate... 21 steals thru 42 games? Nice. I was disappointed that Reed did not play the night I went to go watch Paddack dominate.... Has anyone else seen him play live yet? What are your impressions?

Reed's improvement is dramatic, and probably has raised his status of those in the organization. But the Cal League has elevated more than one bat over the years.

However, not to dwell on the negative of his past as a weak hitter back to the days of UF, but he really has improved. If you've seen him play then you'll note he's a really good centerfielder and is very, very fast and athletic. He's improved his chances significantly this year. If anything, the glove and speed will carry him.